Thanks, Jan. I used to date someone and always suspected he was gay but he wouldn't come clean. I told him I'd still be his friend. He's married to a woman now but once told me I was "very perceptive." I've always thought that was my answer. Guess my story stems from that relationship.

Hi Beth...Nice twist. Unfortunately, this seems to be occurring more often these days. At least, he came forward with the truth before the wedding and not after. Hope she kept the emerald-cut diamond. Thanks for your lovely comments to mine.

What's gut-wrenching here is not one but two layers of deception, and the pacing -- the terse lines of dialogue and implied silence between -- supports it. Just waiting for the shoe to drop, from midpoint onward.

And what is it that people like this insist in wrapping their bombshells in layers of cliche?

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About Me

After being a bank VP and a hospital PR Director, Beth Carter shed her suits and heels and waved bye-bye to corporate America.
She now happily writes from home in her pj's and has three children's picture books published: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE? THE MISSING KEY and SANTA'S SECRET.
Carter's debut women's fiction, THURSDAYS AT COCONUTS, will be out August 2014 by Soul Mate Publishing.
She also has short stories and poems published in several anthologies and and six-word memoirs in three six-word memoir collections alongside famous writers and celebrities.
A fan of marketing after having worked in that field for 20 years, most days you'll find the author sipping a skinny vanilla latte at Barnes & Noble if she's not at T.J. Maxx or at home writing.